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Northumbrian piper and fiddler Kathryn Tickell chooses some of her favourite classical pieces inspired by folk music, including works by Antonio Soler, Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Johan Halvorsen, Percy Grainger, Juan de Araujo, Henry Cowell, Pehr Henrik Nordgren and Howard Skempton.

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Sat 1 Apr 2017 13:00

Music Played

  • Erik Nordgren

    Napsyttaja (The Plucker) [Pelimannimuotokuvia Op.26]

    Conductor: Juha Kangas. Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra.
    • ONDINE.
  • Foday Musa Suso

    Tilliboyo

    • Nonesuch.
  • Juan de Araujo

    Los coflades dela estleya

    Conductor: Joel Cohen. Orchestra: The Boston Camerata.
    • APEX.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Fandango in D minor

    Performer: Nicolau de Figueiredo.
    • PASSACAILLE.
  • Henry Cowell

    The lilt of the reel

    Performer: Tom Clough.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
  • Charles Ives

    Sonata for violin & piano No.2 - ii) In The Barn

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Valentina Lisitsa.
    • DG.
  • Edgar Meyer

    Violin Concerto - 2nd movement

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Conductor: Hugh Wolff. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Edgar Meyer

    Concert Duo - 1st movement

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Sony.
  • Samuel Barber

    Excursions - 3rd & 4th movements

    Performer: Leon McCawley.
    • Somm.
  • Trad.

    Shallow Brown

    Performer: Andy Cutting. Performer: Mark Emerson. Performer: Mark Lockhart. Performer: Dudley Phillips. Performer: Huw Warren. Music Arranger: June Tabor. Singer: June Tabor.
    • TOPIC.
  • Trad

    Shallow Brown

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Singer: John Shirley‐Quirk. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Australian Eloquence.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Op.31

    Conductor: Terje Mikkelsen. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • SIMAX.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Fanitullen (Wild Dance), Op.21

    Conductor: Eivind Aadland. Orchestra: Stavanger Symfoniorkester.
    • BIS.
  • Trad. Swedish

    Brollopsvisa (Wedding Song)

    Music Arranger: Lena Willemark. Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin. Ensemble: AllmΓ€nna SΓ₯ngen.
    • BIS.
  • Trad. Danish

    Old Reinlender from Sonndala

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DA CAPO.
  • Joaquim Malats

    Impresiones de Espana - 4th movement: Serenata epanola

    Performer: AndrΓ©s Segovia.
    • JUBE.
  • Howard Skempton

    The Durham Strike (1985)

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • Sony.
  • Trad.

    Old Sir Simon the King

    Music Arranger: David McGuinness. Orchestra: Concerto Caledonia.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Trad.

    Old Sir Simon the King

    Music Arranger: David McGuinness. Orchestra: Concerto Caledonia.
    • DELPHIAN.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 Jan 2016 13:00
  • Sat 1 Apr 2017 13:00

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